soldiers who were formerly members of disbanded anti-aircraft and tank destroyer units or who had volunteered for transfer to the infantry from other branches of the Army. Reassigned to Fourth Army in September 1944. Moved to Fort Huachuca, Arizona 11 November 1944. Prepared for overseas movement; staged at Fort Lawton, Washington state 24 April 1945 and departed Seattle Port of Embarkation 29 April 1945. Arrived in Hawaii 9 May 1945 and assigned to the Central Pacific Base Command on 15 May 1945, relieving the 98th Infantry Division so that division could prepare to invade Japan; inactivated in Hawaii 31 January 1946. On 13 August 1945, at the end of hostilities, the unit was deployed as follows: Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, less 2nd Battalion at Hilo, Co. D at Bellows Field, Co. F on Kauai, Co. G on Maui, Co. H on Molokai, Co. I at Aiea, and Co. K at Fort Shafter. The regimental Lineage was carried on postwar by HHD/372nd Military Police Battalion (ARNG DC) and the 372nd Infantry Battalion ("Ninth Ohio") O.N.G. The 372nd Infantry Battalion was broken up in 1959 and its components reorganized as elements of the 38th Ordnance Battalion except for Company C, which became the 3582nd Transportation Company (part). The lineage of the Ninth Ohio is currently carried by the 237th Support Battalion. Campaign streamers World War II Pacific Theater without inscription Notable members Urbane F. Bass, African American medical officer, killed in action 6 October 1918, Distinguished Service Cross recipient. Edward Dugger, African-American lieutenant-colonel Russell Procope, musician See also 372nd U.S. Infantry regiment on French Wikipedia (in French) References - Total pages: 244 Further reading External links 1st Battalion/372nd Infantry NJNG African-American history of the United States military 371 United States Army regiments of World War I Infantry regiments of the United States Army in World War II Military units and formations established in 1918 Military units and formations disestablished in 1946 African Americans in World War I African-American United States Army personnel